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Synergy (Bachelor – Master)
The Bachelor – Master Synergy Program is an integrated and continuous implementation of undergraduate and master programs in linear/relevant fields of science to provide opportunities for students with high intellectual abilities and maturity to voluntarily optimize their development by completing integrated undergraduate and master education programs in a relatively shorter time at a lower cost ( cost-effective ).
Condition
- Undergraduate students with a GPA >3.25 and have completed a minimum of 110 credits over 6 (six) semesters.
- Students with a track record of individual maturity based on the assessment of the Academic Advisor approved by the Head of the Department where the undergraduate study program is located.
- Students who register for a Master’s Study Program that is closely related to the Undergraduate Study Program/Major they are taking.
- Students who have a complete study plan for accelerated completion of their undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including a postgraduate thesis research plan that is in line with their undergraduate final project/thesis.
Lenght of Study
- The Bachelor – Master Synergy Program is implemented over 10 or 11 semesters (5 or 5.5 years).
- The implementation of the master’s program for participants in the Bachelor’s – Master’s Synergy Program is 2 (two) semesters (1 year) from the time the person concerned is declared to have master’s student status. Students participating in the Bachelor’s – Master’s Synergy who are unable to complete their Master’s program within 2 (two) semesters due to valid reasons are given the opportunity to obtain an extension of 1 (one) semester and then if necessary can be given an additional maximum of 1 (one) semester in stages.
Registration Procedure
- Each Faculty/School, with the approval of its respective Faculty/School Senate, decides on the implementation of the Bachelor’s-Master’s Synergy Program. The results of this decision are submitted to the Vice Rector who coordinates the Education sector, with a copy to the Dean of the Graduate School, for information and coordination of its implementation.
- The introduction of the Bachelor-Master Synergy Program by all parties needs to be continuously carried out to undergraduate students from the time they are accepted as new students.
- At the end of semester 6 (six), undergraduate students with a number of completed course credits and a GPA that meets the requirements can register with their respective departments to take part in the Bachelor-Master Synergy Program.
- The Head of Department, along with the Head of Study Program, conducts a selection process for prospective students in the Bachelor’s-Master’s Synergy Program. The selection results are then submitted to the Dean of the IPB Graduate School.
- The Dean of the Graduate School verifies the selection results at the department level, in accordance with existing criteria.
- The Dean of the Graduate School determines the participants of the Bachelor – Master Synergy Program through a Decree of the Dean of the IPB Graduate School, copied to the Vice Chancellor who coordinates the Education sector, Dean of the Faculty, Head of Department, Head of Study Program.
- When participants in the Bachelor-Master Synergy Program have completed their undergraduate program, they must register online on the SPs new student admissions page according to the applicable schedule and provisions.
Evaluation
- At the end of semester 9 (nine), the Dean of the Faculty will evaluate students participating in the Bachelor-Master’s Synergy Program who have not completed the undergraduate program and will decide on the list of students who will be dismissed from the Bachelor-Master’s Synergy Program.
- The Dean of the Faculty reports the list of students who have been dismissed as participants in the Bachelor-Master Synergy Program to the Vice Chancellor who coordinates the Education sector, with a copy to the Dean of the Graduate School for further coordination.
- Students who are dismissed from the Synergy Program are given a “Credit Collection Lecture” certificate which can be recognized for a maximum of 15 (fifteen) credits when they take the regular Master’s program at SPs IPB.